Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-02

the county treasurer shall receive no COM
sions for receiving or paying out said
money; and provided further, that the
county treasurer shall execute a bond,
payable to the county judge, to be ap-
proved by said county judge, with two or
more good and sufficient sureties, in
double the am unit to be paid into his
hands, conditioned that he will faithfully
account for and disburse said money.
Art. 4. The commissioners court of
any county receiving said money shall i'm
medately purchase corn, -four, or meal,
at such places and in such manner as to
said court msy seem proper, and shall
distribute the same as a donation TO the
destitute of their several counties as
their immediate necessities may demand.
Art 5 The commissioners court pur-
chasing provisions under the preceding
article shall give orders on the aOunty
treasurer Of said county for money to
pay for the same, and in distributing said
provisions sasI give no aid to any per
SONS VINO have or are able 10 buy bread
for themselves, and shall require affida-
Wits to be made by two credible persons,
one Of whom may be the party for whom
the aid Is sought, showing such inability
to purchase said food, and that such ina
billy was Cccasioned by the drouth, and
further showing such persons for whom
adds solicited TO have been bona ide Cit
liens Of the county in which they then re-
side for more than three months next
preceding the time OF making such appli-
cation.
Art. 6. Two members Of said drOuth re-
lief c3mmittee shall constitute a quorum
for tne transaction of business ii this be-
half; said committee shall not be re-
CURED 10 visit all Of the counties that are
suffering from restitution caused by said
drouth before furnishing relief, but may
in their discretion draw drafts for the re-
lief of the people of the counties in sue
cessIon as visited by them, so as to give
tnem immediate relief, having due re-
gard for the prob bile number Of people
TO be relieved and the amount herein APP
propriated to be drawn from.
Art. Z. Said drouth relief committee
shall procure information concerning the
extent of said drouth and the restitution
caused thereby, and make full report of
the same, with such suggestions as to
them may seem proper, together with a
full report of their action, to this Legis-
Iature, by or before the 18th of March,
1887.
Art. s. The members of said drOuth re-
lief committee shall each receive the sum
of So per day for each day actually en-
gagged in the discharge OF their duties as
required by this act, and ell actual neCes-
sary expenses incurred by them; pro-
vided, that no members of said commit
tee shall receive pay for more than forty
DAYS services, an accurate itemiZed &C
count OF which said actual necessary eX-
penses and per diem services of each
member shall Oe made under oath by said
members, approved by the Governor, and
presented TO the Comptroller of the state
If Texas, who shall thereupOn issue 3
warrant fer the same, and theS,ate Treas
Grer shall pay the same out Of the said
sum set aside for the immediate relief OF
those suffering by reason of said drOuth.
Art. 9. Each member of the drOuth
relief committee, before entering upon
the discharge of his duties as such, shall
take and subscribe an oath to faithfully
and impartially discharge his duties as q
member of the drouth relief com
mittee, which said oath shall be fled in
the office of the Secretary of State.
Art. 10. Whereas great distress, owing
to said restitution by said drOuth, now
prevails IN large portion of the state,
therefore there is an imperative public
necessity that the rule requiring bills to
be read on three several days be sus-
pended, and an emergency exists requir-
ing this act to be in force from and after
its passage, and it is so enacted.
Approved January 81, 1887,